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Distribution of counter-ions in the double layer surrounding a negatively charged colloidal particle (left) and an electron micrograph showing negatively charged nanosized gold particles adsorbed on electronegative plate-shaped kaolin crystals (right). Although kaolin platelets are negatively charged as a whole, their edges are electropositive and as such attract the gold particles onto them. Reprinted with permission from [148, 149].
